Jonathan Taylor: 'It was pretty muggy ? I didn't get to run the time I wanted to. But it was still a great race.'

Written by

Tom Whitus
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Jonathan Taylor of Portland Christian held back early, then held off the competition late to win the boys' high school varsity division of the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic on Saturday at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.

West Virginia's Cabell Midland won the boys' team title with 124 points, while North Hardin was runner-up with 164. Pulaski County, Oldham County and Eastern rounded out the top five.

In the girls' race, Sophia Racette of Nerinx Hall in St. Louis surged past Oldham County's Caroline Grogan to win. Racette paced five runners in the top 20 to lead Nerinx Hall to the team ...